The ultimate decision: the President as commander in chief /
May, Ernest R.,editor.
New York : George Braziller,
1960.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-269).
"The president shall be commander in chief" (1787-1789) / Ernest R. May -- Madison (1812-1815) / Marcus Cunliffe -- Polk (1845-1848) / Leonard D. White -- Lincoln (1861-1865) / T. Harry Williams -- McKinley (1898) / Ernest R. May -- Wilson (1917-1918) / Ernest R. May -- F.D.R. (1941-1945) / William R. Emerson -- Truman (1945-1953) / Wilber W. Hoare, Jr. -- Eisenhower and after (1953 -- ) / Ernest R. May.
Executive power
Civil supremacy over the military
Ultimate decision.
Ultimate decision.